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Supporting Tech Athletics Since 1949
Former standouts and
Olympians
make
CELEBRATION OF WOMEN’S SPORTS
a
huge success
The Virginia Tech Athletics Department held its second annual Celebration of Women’s Sports luncheon on April 21, with former Tech athletes
and 2016 Olympians Kristi Castlin (track and field, center) and Carmen Farmer (rugby) serving as the special guests for the event. Castlin, who
won a bronze medal in the 100-meter hurdles at the Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro this past August, and Farmer, who was on the U.S. women’s
rugby team that came in seventh at the Olympics, participated in a panel discussion, with current Tech women’s soccer player Blayne Fink serving
as the moderator.
Castlin earned seven All-America honors during her career at Tech—the most by a female athlete in the school’s history—and graduated in
2010. Farmer started every game in which she played on the Hokies’ softball team (225) during her career and graduated in 2003.
The luncheon sold out, and proceeds from ticket sales, the online auction and in-event donations resulted in approximately $50,000 in
revenue—all of which will be used to benefit the women’s sports programs at Tech and to expand nutritional opportunities for all Virginia Tech
student-athletes.
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Inside Hokie Sports
Celebration of Women’s Sports Photo Gallery